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The plea was mentioned before the bench by senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Narendra Hooda, representing the wrestlers.

The bench was informed that one of the terms was that the respondent-husband would pay a total sum of Rs 12,51,000 towards full and final settlement of all monetary claims of the petitioner vis-a-vis the respondent-husband as permanent alimony.

The lawyers' association emphasised that "any indulgence by the apex court in the matter will result in destabilising the social structure of the country in coming days", and added that it would be catastrophic to overhaul something as fundamental as the conception of marriage by the court.

Recently, the Indian Supreme Court started hearing a number of petitions seeking to legal sanction for same-sex marriage.

This includes a vast range of identified permutations and combinations amongst the sexual minorities and not just a union of individuals willing to get married while having same sex.

A bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna questioned the paroles granted to 11 convicts during their incarceration period and said the gravity of the offence could have been considered by the state.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking a probe into the killings of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf.

Ahmad and his brother were shot dead by three assailants, posing as journalists, while they were being escorted by police personnel.

The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Odisha government and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Vedanta. The Orissa High Court in 2010 quashed the process of land acquisition for the university and directed the authorities to return the acquired land to their owners.

During the hearing in the matter, the bench said the issue is of immense importance and the government should engage with all stakeholders for menstrual hygiene in schools, including government and government-aided schools, and also give leeway to states and UTs to modify the scheme as per their local needs.

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala is scheduled to hear along with the bail applications a batch of pleas of the convicts challenging their convictions.

The special CBI court in Bhopal, which is dealing with Vyapam cases, has disposed of over 50 per cent of the cases, and in the latest development, it has initiated the process of framing charges in two major cases.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice J B Pardiwala said that "laying down general guidelines without having relation to facts of a case will be dangerous".

In its directive, the Court rejected the plea by the Odisha government seeking more time for the appointment of a full-time Chief Administrator of the Srimandir managing committee. 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Central government to allow MBBS students -- who had returned from war-torn Ukraine as well as from China and the Philippines during the Covid-19 pandemic